Lucas Ordóñez
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Lucas Ordóñez Martín-Esperanza (born May 1, 1985) is a Spanish racecar driver, who entered professional racing by winning a spot in a PlayStation 3 Gran Turismo competition.[1][2] Racing for Nissan in the 2009 GT4 European Cup season, he secured a podium finish in his first event.[3] Two race wins towards the end of the season secured him joint second place overall.
In 2011 he and his team came in 2nd in their class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[4]
Ordonez began 2012 by taking the role of lead driver in Nissan's 'all-gamer car' at the Dubai 24 Hours.[5] The team finished on the podium.[6] He will compete in the European Le Mans Series and Le Mans 24 Hours for Greaves Motorsport.
For the 2012 24 Hours Nürburgring race, driving the #123 car with Kazunori Yamauchi, he finished 1st in the SP 8T class, and 30th overall.[7]
Racing record
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 |  Signatech-Nissan |
Soheil Ayari Franck Mailleux |
Oreca 03-Nissan | LMP2 | 320 | 9th | 2nd |
| 2012 |  Greaves Motorsport |
Alex Brundle Martin Brundle |
Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 340 | 15th | 8th |
| 2013 | Greaves Motorsport |
 Michael Krumm Jann Mardenborough |
Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 327 | 9th | 3rd |
| 2014 |  Nissan Motorsports Global |
.svg.png){kind=small} Wolfgang Reip Satoshi Motoyama |
Nissan ZEOD RC | UNC | 5 | DNF | DNF |
| 2015 | Nissan Motorsports |
Tsugio Matsuda Mark Shulzhitskiy |
Nissan GT-R LM Nismo | LMP1 | 115 | DNF | DNF |
FIA GT Series results
| Year | Class | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Pro-Am | Nissan GT Academy Team RJN | Nissan | NOG QR 19 |
NOG CR 7 |
ZOL QR 18 |
ZOL CR Ret |
ZAN QR 13 |
ZAN QR 8 |
SVK QR |
SVK CR |
NAV QR 13 |
NAV CR 11 |
TBA QR |
TBA CR |
10th | 49 |
* Season still in progress.
Complete Super GT results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | NDDP Racing | Nissan GT-R GT3 | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG | SUZ 9 |
FUJ | FUJ | AUT | MOT | 27th | 3 |
| 2014 | NDDP Racing with B-MAX | Nissan GT-R GT3 | GT300 | OKA 4 |
FUJ 5 |
AUT 4 |
SUG 9 |
FUJ 10 |
SUZ 19 |
BUR 1 |
MOT 8 |
4th | 48 | |
| 2015 | Kondo Racing | Nissan GT-R GT500 | GT500 | OKA 11 |
FUJ 11 |
BUR Ret |
FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | NC | 0 |
References
- ↑ "GT Academy kicks off". granturismoworld.com.
- ↑ Plunkett, Luke (6 January 2009). "Two Guys Go From Racing Games To Racing Real Cars". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ↑ Hanlon, Mike (6 May 2009). "Lucas Ordoñez - the first virtual-to-real race driver". gizmag.com.
- ↑ Tackie, Penrose (14 June 2011). "GT Academy winner gains podium finish at Le Mans". playstation.com. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ↑ Weeks, James (6 January 2012). "Nissan confirm Dubai 24 Hours line-up". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ↑ http://us.gran-turismo.com/us/news/d6206.html
- ↑ http://www.24h-rennen.de/uploads/media/24h_RACE_PROVISIONAL_TOTAL.pdf
External links
- Official website
- Lucas Ordóñez career summary at DriverDB.com